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<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/10/phonebookbuilding.jpg"></a>
<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/10/phonebookbuilding.jpg"></a>
<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a rel="attachment wp-att-170710" href="http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=170710"></a>We have seen <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/13/tu-delft-architecture-library-opens-with-desk-of-recycled-books/">desks</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/national-geographic-magazines-turned-into-a-bookshelf/">book shelves</a>, and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/06/spring-greening-phone-book-coffee-table/">tables</a> made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by <a href="http://www.richardkroekerdesign.com/ambientmaterial.html">Richard Kroeker</a> and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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We have seen desks, book shelves, and tables made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building -- until now. The outdated, useless used phone book has been transformed into an intriguing building block by Richard Kroeker and a handful of students in the Dalhousie University Department of Architecture in Nova Scotia. Their experimental building uses discarded phone books from the school to support the wall, and even as structural roof members....